ActionAid
@ActionAid
We're a global movement of people fighting for #WomensRights, #ClimateJustice & an end to #poverty
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http://actionaid.org 16-06-2010 16:42:41
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Sandeep Chachra
Anthropologist. Executive Director, ActionAid India. Ex coChair, World Urban Campaign UNHABITAT. Editor, Agrarian South. Views r prsnl. RTs are nt endorsements
Teresa Anderson
Global lead on climate justice @ActionAid International. Climate, L&D, agriculture, land, net zero, rights, resilience, DRR+. Maybe tardigrades. Views personal.
Khalid Chaudhry
Development Professional, ActionAid India.
Our research shows when the #ClimateCrisis displaces communities, women often are the first to act and lead the response. Yet policymakers and governments often ignore the vital role women play.
Read more on Unearthed from Christopher Deane and Emma Howard 👇
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2022/10/27/cli…
Public sector cuts mean women are disproportionately shouldering the burden of unpaid care & domestic work, lose access to services, & fewer opportunities for decent work.
#GenderEquality #FutureIsPublic #InvestInCare
@psiglobalunion
actionaid.org/publications/2…
To #StopCorporateImpunity , the #BindingTreaty must:
📝Include strong, clear provisions to ensure non-discrimination
📝Account for gendered corporate impacts
📝Elaborate on gender-specific remedies
actionaid.org/news/2022/acti…
Our report calls for a bigger vision of a feminist, just, alternative to the cult of austerity & an agenda that builds economies and societies based on care.
Read it here 👇
#EndAusterity #GenderEquality #FutureIsPublic #InvestInCare @psiglobalunion
actionaid.org/publications/2…
The UN Environment Programme says the last 12 months have been a 'wasted year' for #ClimateAction .
Meanwhile, the #ClimateCrisis is already a daily reality for countries on the frontlines of #ClimateChange .
Tell polluters to #PayUp4LossAndDamage : bit.ly/LDpetition_T
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
'The world is failing to make the effort needed to avoid total catastrophe. The window is closing and we are sleepwalking.'
Read more on Climate Action Network International (CAN) from our global #ClimateJustice lead Teresa Anderson on the latest UN Environment Programme report 👇
climatenetwork.org/2022/10/27/can…
On 2 Nov, we're hosting a Twitter chat with Brandon Wu and Rand Al-Khushman 🇯🇴 on #LossAndDamage and the reality of living on the front lines of the #ClimateCrisis .
Join the conversation with #MyLossAndDamage .
In the meantime, be sure to sign our petition: bit.ly/LDpetition_T
Millions of people around the world have been displaced by a #ClimateCrisis they did little to create.
Read how Nyombi Morris has been fighting for #ClimateJustice since his community was displaced by #ClimateChange fuelled floods when he was 10 years old 👇
What does a feminist #BindingTreaty look like?
Constructive engagement by States, meaningful participation by communities, and much more. Read more below.
#Feminists4BindingTreaty
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'I've been traveling around, talking to people whose lives have been destroyed by climate change.'
Moulid from Somalia asks for international solidarity with his country, which has experienced unprecedented droughts, putting millions at risk of famine.
#DearWorldLeaders
It's clear #Sweden 's new government has deprioritised matters that should warrant the highest degree of concern - girls' and women's rights, and #ClimateJustice .
Read more about this change from our colleagues at ActionAid and ActionAid Sweden in euronews
euronews.com/2022/10/24/why…
Record profits announced by Shell while they destroy homes and lives? To borrow Greta Thunberg’s words;
“How dare you.”
It’s time to tell polluters to #PayUp4LossAndDamage .
Help us put pressure on leaders at #COP27 : bit.ly/LDpetition_T
'It's a place of privilege for some people to know about the #ClimateCrisis by traffic [disruptions] but for some communities, they live it.'
Vanessa Nakate on how we all need to be focusing on the impacts of #ClimateChange that are happening right now 👇
Listen to our Senior Lead for Economic Justice, David Archer on Tax Justice Network 👇
#TaxJusticeNow
Experts say #ClimateChange is a factor in the #Nigeria floods that have killed more than 600 people, displaced 1.4 million and damaged or destroyed 440,000 hectares of farmland.
Join our call for polluters to #PayUp4LossAndDamage 👉 bit.ly/LDpetition_T
reuters.com/business/envir…